Im pissed pls help before sombody's honda blows up.. JK

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RedRum240
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Car: 1990 240sx Fastback

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K my 240. 1993 Coupe...

the wheels on the front the tread is worn to the flesh metal on the VERY inside of the tire and it slowly becomes to liek 50% tread left on thefront on the outside.. this is lookign at it with the wheels on and the wheels turned hard left or right and you can see how it goes from beign exposes to 50 percent tread on the otuside to negative 50% tread on the inside practicly... its like its soo lowered or somthing that the wheels are bending outward from the bottom... can anybody help me.. will buying new struts/prings help? it has ****ty coilovers that are so comprlessed right now from the previous owner.. I jstu dont want to haev to get rid of my 240 here. help me pls.


[Zero-S]
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Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:56 am
Car: Tell me whats wrong with this picture. 3 240's, only one runs.

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buying new struts and springs will definately help. Seems to me like the previous owner was an idiot.

Nismo_Freak
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Joined: Wed Jul 24, 2002 10:42 pm
Car: 89 Nissan 240SX

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RedRum240 wrote:K my 240. 1993 Coupe...

the wheels on the front the tread is worn to the flesh metal on the VERY inside of the tire and it slowly becomes to liek 50% tread left on thefront on the outside.. this is lookign at it with the wheels on and the wheels turned hard left or right and you can see how it goes from beign exposes to 50 percent tread on the otuside to negative 50% tread on the inside practicly... its like its soo lowered or somthing that the wheels are bending outward from the bottom... can anybody help me.. will buying new struts/prings help? it has ****ty coilovers that are so comprlessed right now from the previous owner.. I jstu dont want to haev to get rid of my 240 here. help me pls.


You have serious camber wear along with alot of toe wear.

Get new shocks and springs, then get an alignment... after of course you get new tires.

RedRum240
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Joined: Mon May 17, 2004 4:33 pm
Car: 1990 240sx Fastback

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cool thanks a bunch guys.

the struts/shocks are all stock.. but he has coilover's that were jsut rhew on and were adjusest so low the actually spring is about 5 inches high. so thats why most likley? thanks a bunch all gonna go KYB AGX's then get Tein Stech

MainEvent212
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Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2003 1:21 pm
Car: 95 Nissan 240SX SE w/ SR20DET+goodies

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so you have stock struts with coilover springs...essentially springs w/ sleeves on them?

yeh you definatelly wanna get that taken care of

i suggest this order

1. tires dammit!2. springs/shocks3. alignment

just in case you werent sure what to do first ;)


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